The end of June wave of legislative changes rolls on.
Today, an amendment to the Competition Act comes into force that may have significant implications for employers and employees.
Basically, wage-fixing and ‘no compete’ deals between employers will now be on the same criminal level as price-fixing rather than only being under the civil law provisions of the act.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but it does send a strong signal.
The article explains that this only applies to reciprocal agreements between two or more employers.
This means if it’s just your employer asking it if you, the provision wouldn’t apply. However, if the employers in your industry collude to all require similar non-competes, it sounds like that would come under the provision.